Who’s using Legislative Effectiveness Scores?

The Center for Effective Lawmaking seeks to make our legislative effectiveness scores widely available to members of the academic community, voters, lawmakers, and the public at large. Since the Center launched in September 2017, the following organizations have referenced legislative effectiveness scores and the Center.

Senator Orrin Hatch and Congressman Eliot Engel’s communication staffers sent out press releases to constituents highlighting their effectiveness following the release of legislative effectiveness scores for the 114th Congress.

Local News

At least twenty–one local news stations used legislative effectiveness scores to educate constituents on Congress and the performance of their Congressional representatives.

Legislative effectiveness scores have been independently cited by at least five national news organizations including the Washington Post and The Hill to provide context to political and electoral stories.